Shutter speed - shutter speed is how long you are exposing a photo (on my canon 550D and above, you can see it in mode 'TV' for example, and it's top left eg. 1/125). To capture fantastic night shots, you can't use a regular shutter speed (i.e. 250) as all you will get is black. This is because you don't have a long enough exposure, you need to draw it out. BUT, longer exposures (i.e. 80) require either a VERY steady hand, or a tripod. This is because as the photo is exposed for longer, a shaky hand can cause blurring in the image, even with IS. You can also acheive fantastic slow motion, this is how I captured those fantastic fire twirling photos from the Outback Fusion event.
http://www.homephotog.com/tutorials/shutter-speed.shtml
Equipment
Don't ever feel like you can't be good at what you do just because you don't have the most expensive or most equipment out there. I started out with a 3.2mp hand held konicaminolta taking photos of flora and fauna and framing and selling them at local markets to raise funds for a new camera. In the end, I pretty much sold my soul for a digital SLR, I saved for 3 years for it. It's not so much the equipment that makes a photo, but the persons ability to 'see' a good photo and know how to use what they have to it's best potential.
Julie-anne Johnston Says, I took this image with a second hand point and shoot camera, its a great image, shame about the time stamp (Was still learning how to use it at the time I took this).
Didgital SLR's Sensors
Digital SLR's use Sensors, and in this case, size does matter. The bigger the sensor, the better the quality of photo you can acheive. It is more important than your pixiles! To reduce your maintenance, ensure the digital SLR you buy has a self cleaning sensor! (Canons have this feature).
Thankyou Jody from Jody Ellis photography
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